Ugrian (redirected from Ugric languages)

U·gri·an  (gr-n, y-)

n.

1. A member of a group of Finno-Ugric peoples of western Siberia and Hungary, including the Magyars.

2. Ugric.

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[From Old Russian Ugre, Hungarians, of Turkic origin.]

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Ugri·an adj.

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Ugrian [ˈuːgrɪən ˈjuː-]

adj

(Social Science / Peoples) of or relating to a light-haired subdivision of the Turanian people, who include the Samoyeds, Voguls, Ostyaks, and Magyars

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of this group of peoples

2. (Linguistics / Languages) another word for Ugric

[from Old Russian Ugre Hungarians]

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Noun

1.

Ugrian - one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia Ugric Finno-Ugrian, Finno-Ugric - a family of Uralic languages indigenous to Scandinavia and Hungary and Russia and western Siberia (prior to the Slavic expansion into those regions) Hungarian, Magyar - the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages Khanty, Ostyak - a Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Ostyak Mansi, Vogul - the Ugric language (related to Hungarian) spoken by the Vogul